Sensitivity and Recovery of Grain Sorghum to Simulated Drift Rates of Glyphosate, Glufosinate, and Paraquat

Ralph R. Hale, Taghi Bararpour, Gurpreet Kaur, John W. Seale, Bhupinder Singh and Tessie Wilkerson
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Ralph R. Hale: Delta Research and Extension Center, Mississippi State University, Stoneville, MS 38776, USA
Taghi Bararpour: Delta Research and Extension Center, Mississippi State University, Stoneville, MS 38776, USA
Gurpreet Kaur: Delta Research and Extension Center, Mississippi State University, Stoneville, MS 38776, USA
John W. Seale: Delta Research and Extension Center, Mississippi State University, Stoneville, MS 38776, USA
Bhupinder Singh: Delta Research and Extension Center, Mississippi State University, Stoneville, MS 38776, USA
Tessie Wilkerson: Delta Research and Extension Center, Mississippi State University, Stoneville, MS 38776, USA

Agriculture, 2019, vol. 9, issue 4, 1-10

Abstract: A field experiment was conducted in 2017 and 2018 to evaluate the sensitivity and recovery of grain sorghum to the simulated drift of glufosinate, glyphosate, and paraquat at two application timings (V6 and flag leaf growth stage). Paraquat drift caused maximum injury to sorghum plants in both years, whereas the lowest injury was caused by glyphosate in 2017. Averaged over all herbicide treatments, injury to grain sorghum from the simulated herbicide drift was 5% greater when herbicides were applied at flag leaf stage, as compared to herbicide applications at the six-leaf stage in 2017. In 2018, injury from glyphosate drift was higher when applied at the six-leaf stage than at the flag leaf stage. Paraquat and glufosinate drift caused more injury when applied at flag leaf stage than at six-leaf stage at 14 days after application in 2018. About 21% to 29% of injury from the simulated drift of paraquat led to a 31% reduction in grain sorghum yield, as compared to a nontreated check in 2017. The simulated drift of glyphosate and glufosinate did not result in any significant yield reduction compared to the nontreated check in 2017, possibly due to the recovery of sorghum plants after herbicides’ drift application.

Keywords: plant height; sorghum; injury; sorghum grain yield (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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